Jagadish Chandra Bose

Jagadish Chandra Bose was born on the 30^th of November 1858 in Faridpur in Dacca District. now it is in Bangla Desh. His father Bhagawanchandra Bose was a man of excellent qualities. Bhagawanchandra Bose started schools in which children were taught in Bengali. agadish mixed with the poor boys freely and played with them; so he gained first hand knowledge of the sufferings of poor people. at the age of nine He was admitted to Saint Xavier School. By nineteen, Jagadish Chandra was a Bachelor of Arts. He went to England for further studie. After returning e He joined the staff of the Presidency College, Calcutta. There was a peculiar practice in that college. The Indian teachers in the college were paid one third of what the British teachers were paid! So Jagadish Chandra Bose refused his salary but worked for three years. He could not even get the scientific instruments he needed for research. He was not shown the respect due to him. n the year 1896 Bose wrote a research article on electro-magnetic waves. This impressed the Royal Society of England. He was honoured with the Degree of Doctor of Science. He visited England again, this time to explain his discoveries to the scientists of the West. He lectured at several places and explained his discoveries. Nature had always been a source of attraction right from his early age to Bose. Plants grow every second by 1/50,000th of an inch Bose himself devised a delicate instrument, which could measure even this length. He established that from 6 in the morning to 3 o'clock in the afternoon the, plants behave in one way; and from 3 in the afternoon to 6 in the morning plants behave differently. The cells of a plant function like a man's heart. The heart contracts and expands to pump blood; in the same way, the cells of a plant expand and contract. Jagadish Chandra Bose died in November 1937. To the very end he was busy with research.

Wealth and power never attracted Jagadish Chandra Bose. He toiled for science like a saint, selflessly. This great scientist is a great example to all.